with a mournful compassion for everyone concerned, Solet delicately probes the fault lines ripped wide open that day by Marv and his bulldozer – whether those faults were there before, or his actions dug them
Paul Solet's "Tread" takes a little while to grab the audience; however, once the stakes are fully understood, it becomes quite intense. Plus, the way it plays with audience sympathy is genius, making for an involving watch
finely executed exploration at one man's delusional, destructive resentment; A tale of long-simmering grudges and shocking violence in a small town, Paul Solet's "Tread" is a smartly structured doc with a finale so extravagant
an absorbing documentary about a real-life rampage that often plays like the dark side of '70s rural revenge thrillers; Paul Solet's remarkably absorbing and suspenseful documentary often plays like the dark flip side of that audience-stoking subgenre
by Richard Whittaker [Austin Chronicle ]
